- Capuan Venus
Venus of Capua is a half
nude Aphrodite in theMuseo Archeologico Nazionale Napoli (Naples National Archaeological Museum),Italy . It is an earlier variant on theVenus de Milo type. It is named after its findspot at the ruins of an ancient theater in nearbyCapua , Italy. The statue was originally shown admiring her reflection inside the reflective inner surface ofAres ' shield while it is balanced on her raised left knee, though her arms are now lost.
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